Bible+Camp+for+Middle+School+2010

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 Day 1: Community- Lynn S   6:00-6:20 Snack and put their names on the Acrostic. ( Joyce, do you have the paper and markers for this?) 6:20-6:30 Prayer (Julia agreed to write the prayer) Song ("If We Are The Body" by Casting Crowns?)try this video: [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SExJ9od-] [|0zQ&feature=related] (Sheila, do you have this on a DVD?)  6:30- 6:50 Acrostic Activity: names & the names of God. 6:50-7:10 Teaching on Community 7:10-7:30 Small Groups- icebreaker discussion questions. Do we have group leaders assigned? I have questions to hand out to leaders. 7:30-7:50 The God Game (from pg.  30 in Vines and Branches) Julia agreed to lead this game 7:50-8:00 Closing Prayer & video [] <span style="color: #2e15ef; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 90.82%;"> Sheila, can this be on the same <span style="color: #2e15ef; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 85.2%;">DVD? I will write closing prayer. <span style="color: #2e15ef; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 113%;"> How are we doing nametags and group assignments?

Day 2: Scripture - Kathy M

<span style="color: #410d73; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Day 3: Eucharist -- Joyce & Steven Parents invited to attend Mass and follow up

-6 PM - Mass Confusion (Monsignor said he'd rather do a Mass just for the middle school and suggested Wednesday evening, so as to not interfere with the regularly scheduled Mass. He doesn't have the Wednesday Mass, so this would be better for him, as opposed to presiding Mass at 6 and 7 on Thursday.) - 7:15 PM - Return to Youth Room. Get into groups at tables. Follow directions on table tents to break bread with sauce! Each group needs to write down where they found God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit in Mass. Group with most reliable answers wins a prize. Share with large group. We find Jesus in the breaking of the bread, exactly where he told us we would find him. Discuss with group how what we did imitated Mass: gathering, storytelling, meal and commission. At the end of Mass, we are commissioned, or sent, to be God's presence to the world and to SERVE. -7:45 PM - Closing Prayer. Images of God video and prayer.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Day 4: Service -- Martha B -Kim Shriver is going on a mission trip to Nicaragua next week and would be willing to do a 10-15 minute witness talk about service using this and past experiences. She will not be able to be at the meeting next Monday, she leaves this weekend. Kim is a young adult, in college, who has lots of energy and would be a great witness to the teens attending the program. Let me know what you think about this, if you want to include this as part of the evening for service.

Day 5: Creation -- Sheila & Donald We have reservations now for shooting the hooch. We have to be at the river park in Roswell at 11 a.m. so we will have to have the participants meet at church at 10:30 a.m. so we can get there in time. We will get in the water at noon. Should take about 2 - 3 hours. We can still do a bbq when we get back to the park.

Possibly recruit parents to host a barbeque for after rafting.